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  • Changes in October arguments
    By on August 9th, 2010 | Comments Off Comments
    The Supreme Court on Monday released a revised calendar of oral arguments for the first session of the new Term, beginning Monday, Oct. 4.  No cases from the previous version have been dropped, and no new cases have been added.  The only changes were to rearrange the order of the cases, to different time slots on ...
  • Decision days next week
    By on June 18th, 2010 | Comments Off Comments
    The Supreme Court is likely to issue opinions in argued cases on two days next week — Monday and Thursday, the Court announced Friday.  When the Court meets at 10 a.m. More:  Decision days next week
  • Live Blog: Orders and opinions | 6.14.10
    By on June 14th, 2010 | Comments Off Comments
    This morning starting at 10 a.m. Eastern, the Court is expected to issue one or more opinions, as well as orders from the Justices’ conference last week. We will relay them in the Live Blog below, with the assistance of our reporter at the Court, Lyle Denniston More: Live Blog: Orders and opinions | 6.14.10
  • UPDATE: No delay of Blagojevich trial
    By on May 28th, 2010 | Comments Off Comments
    UPDATE:  Justice John Paul Stevens on Friday afternoon refused to delay the June 3 opening of the criminal trial in Chicago of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his brother Robert.  The Justice issued no opinion, simply denying a stay of the trial in a brief order.  A letter about the order can be found ...
  • No opinions Monday
    By on April 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off Comments
    The Supreme Court will issue orders in pending cases next Monday, but does not expect to issue any final opinions, it announced Friday.  The next possible date for opinions would be Tuesday, April 20.  (Coincidentally, that day is Justice John Paul Stevens’ 90th birthday.) See the original post here: No opinions Monday
  • Decisions next week
    By on March 26th, 2010 | Comments Off Comments
    The Supreme Court expects to release opinions in pending cases on both Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, it announced this afternoon.  Orders in new cases will be released on Monday, prior to oral arguments. More here: Decisions next week
  • New D.C. gun laws upheld
    By on March 26th, 2010 | Comments Off Comments
    A federal judge in Washington, applying the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision creating a constitutional right to have a gun, ruled on Friday that three new gun control restrictions in the Nation’s capital city survive a Second Amendment challenge.  In the ruling by U.S. Read the rest here: New D.C. gun laws upheld
  • Opinions due Monday
    By on January 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off Comments
    The Supreme Court is expected to issue one or more decisions in argued cases on Monday, the Court announced Friday.  The Court will then recess until its scheduled private Conference on Feb. 19 and a public sitting beginning Feb View original post here:  Opinions due Monday
  • Court to rule on petition-signers rights
    By on January 15th, 2010 | Comments Off Comments
    The Supreme Court added five new cases to its decision docket Friday, including a significant test case on a plea for confidentiality for the identities of voters who sign petitions to get policy measures on election ballots.  The Court expedited the briefing of all five cases, thus giving the Justices the option of scheduling all ...
  • List of arguing lawyers
    By on January 8th, 2010 | Comments Off Comments
    The Supreme Court on Friday released this list of counsel arguing in cases in the public sitting starting next Monday, Jan. Read the original here:  List of arguing lawyers